Matching stripping for linoleum



June 19, 1951 V E. SOKOLIK MATCHING STRIPPING FOR LINOLEUM Filed April19, 1947 INVENTOR.

Patented June 19, 195i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MATCHING STRIPPIN GFOR LINOLEUM Edward Sokolik, New Brighton, Minn. Application April 19,1947, Serial No. 742,518

2 Claims. 1

My present invention relates to improvements in stripping for matchinglinoleum or the like and has for its objects to provide a stripping:that afiords a smooth, attractive and durable joint; that obviates thetacking of the edges of linoleums and the like; that allows expansionand contraction of the floor covering; that facilitates and expeditesthe laying of the floor covering; that permits the laying of the floorcovering in sections or panels and when certain panel is damaged, it maybe readily removed without disturbing the adjoining panels and a newpanel installed; that will hold the matched edges of the floor coveringin a uniform horizontal plane so essential on poor wooden floors andprevent dirt from working in between fioor covering and the stripping;that is adapted to resist excessive yielding and transverse rockingunder pedestrian use to retard crystallizing thereof and loosening ofanchoring elements; that entirely prevents kinking of the floorcovering; and that reliably conceals, protects, matches and holds downthe marginal edges of the floor covering above and underneath and thateliminates, in shrinking floors, the pulling off the conventionallytacked edges of floor covering.

I attain the above and other objectives and advantages as will beapparent in the last steps in construction, arrangement and combinationas per specification following.

On the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the top stripping matching the marginal edgesof the linoleum.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the stripping on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bottom stripping.

The metal or other suitable material, understripping 5 is relativelythin and preferably about two and one-half inches wide. Its edges 6 arepreferably slanted on the top thereof to prevent wearing streaks beingformed in the linoleum lying over the slanted edges 6 of the stripping.Formed in the stripping 5 are spaced apart somewhat longitudinallyelongated apertures l for screw nails or the like. The stripping 5 islaid upon the floor and the edges 8 of the linoleum or the like are laidspaced apart upon said stripping 5, which affords an undersupport forthe edges 8 to prevent damage to said edges 8 from underneath. Theelongated apertures I prevent kinking of said stripping 5 in floorshrinking.

The metal or other suitable material, top stripping 9 is preferablyone-half as wide as the understripping 5 and somewhat thicker than thelinoleum or the like that is to be matched by the strippings 5 and 9.The top stripping 9 includes a medial support plate portion In andlaterally extending bridging wings I3, and is laid longitudinally andcentrally upon the stripping 5. The support plate portion issufficiently wide and thick to afford a body adapted to form thereincounter-sunk holes I2 and to resist springing and transverse rockingthereof under pedestrian use and has spaced counter-sunk holes I2therein for screw nails or the like registering with the slots I in thestripping 5.

The tops of the bridging wings I3 are slanted to facilitate sweepingthereover and to prevent stumbling thereover and the bottoms II of thebridging wings I3 are recessed or rabbeted corresponding to thethickness of the linoleum or the like for a close reception of the edges8 of the linoleum or the like. Each of the recesses II may be preferablyone-half as wide as the support plate portion I0.

The anchoring elements l5 are preferably fillister headed screws I5,which extend thru the holes I2 in the top stripping 9 the slots 1 in theunderstripping 5 and anchored in the floor I6, thereby simultaneouslycooperating in the function of matching the marginal edges.

The tops of the screws G5 are flush with the top of the support plateportion IE! and countersunk in the counter-sunk holes I2, therebypresenting an attractive appearance to the stripping 9 and contributingto the utility of the art.

The linoleum edges 8 are not tacked to the floor and merely rest betweenthe stripping 5 and the bridging wings I3 of stripping 9. The edges 8are slightly spaced from the edges IA of the plate portion ID to allowfor expansion of the linoleum and thus prevent kinking thereof. Adamaged section of linoleum may be readily replaced by simply removingthe screw nails I5 that extend thru holes I2 in stripping 9 and slots 1in stripping 5 and lifting oil? the top stripping 9. Strippings 5 and 9clamping the linoleum edges 8 prevent dirt from working between thelinoleum edges 8 and the edges M of the plate portion In and so preventinterfering with the expanding and kinking of the linoleum.

It is believed the advancement of the art by the last step improvementsin the construction, arrangement and combination of the elements thereofwill be readily apparent and it is to be understood that somedimensional and other changes may be resorted to without effecting themerits of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. An elongated stripping for matching the adjacent marginal edges offloor covering panels comprising a pair of separable members arranged insuperposed relationship, the members comprising a top stripping memberand an understripping member, the understripping member comprising awide fiat body having bevelled longitudinal upper edges, said bodyhaving longitudinally spaced longitudinally elongated slots thereincentrally of the body between the iongitudinal edges thereof, the topstripping member comprising a medial support plate portion of athickness slightly greater than the thickness of the floor coveringpanels and an integral top portion wider than the medial support plateportion and providing laterally extending wings projecting beyond theopposite longitudinal edges of the support plate portion, said topstripping member having longitudinally spaced countersunk aperturestherethrough in registry with portions of said slots in saidunderstripping member, said apertures being located centrally betweenthe longitudinal edges of the top stripping member, said medial supportplate being of a width greater than half the width of the said topportion of the top stripping to minimize rocking of the top stripping onthe understripping, and fastening means extending through said alignedapertures and slots and adapted to extend into the floor.

2. An elongated stripping for matching the adjacent marginal edges offloor covering panels comprising a pair of separate members arranged insuperposed relationship, the members comprising a top stripping memberand an understripping member, the understripping member comprising awide flat body having spaced apart 4 therein elongated slots, the topstripping member comprising a medial support plate portion of athickness slightly greater than the thickness of the floor coveringpanels and an integral top portion wider than the medial support plateportion and providing laterally extending wings projecting beyond theopposite longitudinal edges of the support plate portion, said topstripping member having spaced apart therein countersunk aperturestherethrough in registry with portions of said slots in saidunderstripping member, said medial support plate being of a widthgreater than half the width of the said top portion of the top strippingmember to minimize rocking of the top stripping member on theunderstripping member, and fastening means extending through saidregistrably aligned apertures and slots and adapted to extend into thefloor.

EDWARD SOKOLIK.

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